Old People

The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness.

Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth.

The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away.

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.

And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

With aged men is wisdom, And in length of days understanding.

and even to old age I am he, and even to hoar hairs will I carry you; I have made, and I will bear; yea, I will carry, and will deliver.

But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine: — read the full passage →

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity, — read the full passage →

The glory of young men is their strength; And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.

but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

Children’s children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.

Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:

Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. — read the full passage →

Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations: Ask thy father, and he will show thee; Thine elders, and they will tell thee.

Now in these days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; — read the full passage →

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and green:

The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away. — read the full passage →

I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.

And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not strive with man for ever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.

yet for love’s sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:

He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.

I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread.

And he shall be unto thee a restorer of life, and a nourisher of thine old age, for thy daughter-in-law, who loveth thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him.

that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and well stricken in years:

that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been borneby mefrom their birth, that have been carried from the womb; — read the full passage →

Who satisfieth thy desire with good things, So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle.

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season.

And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren: — read the full passage →

The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. — read the full passage →

With long life will I satisfy him, And show him my salvation.

Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation, Thy might to every one that is to come. — read the full passage →

Now Elihu had waited to speak unto Job, because they were elder than he.

He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.

And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.

Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

And Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.

And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, a hundred threescore and fifteen years. — read the full passage →

And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and Jehovah had blessed Abraham in all things.

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Ye shall walk in all the way which Jehovah your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.

But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience:

that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience: — read the full passage →

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith: — read the full passage →

For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. — read the full passage →

who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye be unreproveable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

For no word from God shall be void of power.

Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; — read the full passage →

Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

My flesh and my heart faileth; ButGod is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.

O God, thou hast taught me from my youth; And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. — read the full passage →

For this God is our God for ever and ever: He will be our guide even unto death.

So Job died, being old and full of days.

It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.

Andthylife shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

And now, behold, Jehovah hath kept me alive, as he spake, these forty and five years, from the time that Jehovah spake this word unto Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. — read the full passage →

If any woman that believeth hath widows, let her relieve them, and let not the church be burdened; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; — read the full passage →

Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge: Let me never be put to shame. — read the full passage →

Jehovah bless thee, and keep thee: — read the full passage →

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and one said, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of Jehovah, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. — read the full passage →

Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been borneby mefrom their birth, that have been carried from the womb;

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: They shall prosper that love thee.

My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, And with thy honor all the day. — read the full passage →

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; — read the full passage →